Kono Oto Tomare! Chapter 138 Scans and Rough TL
Disclaimer: Please DO NOT use this translation to make your own TL of the chapter!! The KOT TL group works very hard to give you the most accurate translation, that does as much justice to the original script as possible. This is a ROUGH translation. That means is faulty and there must be mistakes in certain places. This is just for impatient people like myself to get a grasp on what is going on in the chapter! You can REFERENCE my TL if you want to discuss the chapter but never USE it as it was your own.
Scans: kono oto tomare 138 raw scans
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Takezou[thoughts]: Back then, I couldn't have even imagined...
Side text: We experienced and overcame so many things together...
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Takezou [thoughts]: That this day would come.
Chapter title: #138 Tokise High School Koto Club
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Audience 1: Hey, it's the school of the incident.
Audience 2: It's finally here.
Uzuki: ...
Tsukaji[thoughts]: They're completely in enemy turf here. I already knew that but...
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Tsukaji[thoughts]: Somehow, through their performance they'll-
Audience 3: Hey, I even saw a bit of their performance on TV, but it wasn't all that impressive.
Audience 4: Totally.
Tsukaji: ...
Komaki: Ugh, everyone's just saying whatever they want! I hope they shut them up with their performance--
Tsukaji[thoughts]: To be honest, if it were Satowa's introductory solo like in 'Tenkyuu', it would surely have silenced the audience instantly with just the first note, but...
Tsukaji[thoughts]: 'Harmony' starts with Kurata's solo.
Tsukaji [thoughts]: When I heard it before it lacked confidence
Tsukaji [thoughts]: To put it harshly, it didn't come even close to Tenkyuu's opening.
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Tsukaji [thoughts]: Ahhhh I shouldn't be thinking like this! I don't want to think about it but...
Tsukaji [thoughts]: Ichiei and Meiryou made no compromises when assigning their parts...!
Tsukaji [thoughts]: I understand they wanted to be considerate with Kurata, with him being a 3rd year student and the club president!
Tsukaji [thoughts]: But that kind of kindness...
Tsukaji [thoughts]: At Nationals, it could be your downfall.
Judge Tatsumi [thoughts]: With this atmosphere, they probably won't be able to perform properly. Placing at the top is already unlikely. I just hope it ends without any major issues...
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Announcer: Program Number 13
Announcer: Kanagawa Prefecture. Tokise High School.
Announcer: Composed by Takinami Suzuka: Harmony.
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Announcer: In April of last year, Tokise High School's koto club was in the verge of disbandment, with only one member left in it.
Annoucer: Since then, one unique member after other gathered.
Announcer: Today, there are 9 members and 2 teachers.
Announcer: Altogether, it has now become a club of 11 integrants.
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Announcer: Each one of them is an irreplaceable and important presence.
Announcer: The song we will play today, Harmony
Announcer: Was composed for us from scratch by our club advisor Takinami-sensei.
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Announcer: This sound is our everything.
Announcer: Please, let it reach them.
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Takezou [thoughts]: I was always scared of that very first note that was entrusted to me. Scared of a future where someone might not be there anymore.
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*All the flashbacks*
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Tsukaji [thoughts]: --It wasn't out of consideration. It wasn't a kindness.
Tsukaji[thoughts]: This is
Tsukaji [thoughts]: Sincere, straightforward and earnest to the very end.
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Tsukaji [thoughts]: That is the sound of Tokise.
Judge Tatsumi: Oh man… if you add too many sounds like this one then-
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Chika [memory]: I wanna join the koto club.
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Judge Tatsumi [thoughts]: Wait...
Judge Tatsumi[thoughts]: Wait a second.
Judge Tatsumi[thoughts]: This is--
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Tsukaji: The second solo...!
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Tsukaji[thoughts]: Don't cry yet!! It's still too soon!!
Tsukaji[thoughts]: We got the 1st years left!!
Tsukaji[thoughts]: Only the upperclassmen have played together up to this point, you don't want to add any unnecessary sounds to-
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Ousuke [thoughts]: He's tapping out the bass rythm...!?
Haru [thoughts]: So- so- so cooool----!!!!
Sentarou [thougthts]: His rythm sense is insane!!!
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Tougo [thoughts]: He's playing Yamada style, same as Kio.
Kio [thoughts]: But the strength of the sound is a bit overpowering-
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Judge Tatsumi: ----... What... is this?
Judge Kurokawa: How...
Judge Agata: Why...
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Judges [thoughts]: ...Is the level of every single member this high.!?
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Kifune-sensei: ...
Audience 2: Hey, I... have no idea about the koto but...
Audience 2: --Could it be that
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Audience: Tokise is... Amazing?
Side text: This is Tokise's sound!
---Kono Oto Tomare! will continue in the next issue!---